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multi-day programme: #seeittryitshowit. This digital literacy event aimed to encourage library staff to explore and discuss new tools and technologies in an informal and participatory way. Traditionally, staff development in the Library has been delivered via various methods, including external training providers, internal sessions, and self-paced activities. Although there are occasional ‘all-staff ’ update meetings, it was a new departure for us to run a staff development event across all library teams. The impetus for #seeittryitshowit came from a number of directions. Firstly, the Library’s new Social Media Forum had been exchanging experiences of social media tools, and wanted to encourage more colleagues to join in. Secondly, a new wave of more creative professional events, such as the i2c2 conference1 had caught colleagues ’ attention. Finally, Newcastle University had organised a new event, NU Go Digital2 in Autumn 2013, to promote digital literacy among all staff, which many library staff had enjoyed. Thus, there was general enthusiasm about the subject matter and format, so we just needed to deliver it… Organisation and planning We set up a small team of four in April 2014 to plan and organise the event for early June. Th